Living in a Time of Resentment

The Old Hates are Coming Back

A Palestinian flag is displayed in an apartment window in Midtown Manhattan

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This article was prompted if not inspired by a sighting, on my way to the Subway in Manhattan.  I was heading home from work ten days ago and saw that someone had decided to hang a Palestinian flag inside their fifth floor living room window at the intersection of Eighth Avenue and West Fifty-Seventh Street.  It was large enough to be visible for blocks south of the window.  I stewed at this outpouring of hostility, as its only purpose could have been to support a supposed Palestinian cause at the expense of Israel’s most recent cause and those who support Israel unconditionally – principally Jews.